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23 Building Belonging Through Peer Mentorship: Reframing Hierarchy in Midwifery Education

, Speaker:- Sarah Swanson Facilitator:- Shahnaz Shahid Ali Abstract:- Peer mentorship is widely recognized as valuable in midwifery education (Bradford et al., 2022; Dewar et al., 2020; McKellar & Kempster, 2015; Wissemann et al., 2022), yet it is often informal, inconsistently supported, or shaped by a hierarchical professional culture that can undermine belonging, psychological safety,...

23 Anti-Racist Practice in Midwifery and Maternity Care: Using a Co-Constructed Case Narrative Approach to Professional Development

Speaker:- Alys Einion Facilitator:- Caroline Maringa & Abigail Yamoaa Appiah Abstract:-  Introduction Structural racism is cited as a key issue in the social context of maternity care (Dayo et al, 2022; birthrights.org) linked to quality care (Hoffman et al, 2016), and increased risk (Dyer, 2019). To counter structural racism in maternity services, this project built...